SAFETY OF LIFE AT SEA C123 



instead the carriage aft of one lifeboat on each side of the ship. In such a 

 case : — 



(i) each such lifeboat shall not exceed 26 feet (or 8 metres) in length; 



(ii) each such lifeboat shall be stowed as far forward as practicable, but 

 at least so far forward that the after end of the lifeboat is 

 one-and-a-half times the length of the lifeboat forward of the 

 propeller; 



(iii) each lifeboat shall be stowed as near the sea level as is safe and 



practicable; and 

 (iv) there shall be carried in addition liferafts sufficient to accommodate 



at least one-half of the total number of persons on board. 



Regulation 36 



Davits and Launching Arrangements 



(fl) In cargo ships lifeboats and liferafts shall be stowed to the satisfaction 

 of the Administration. 



(b) Every lifeboat shall be attached to a separate set of davits. 



(c) Lifeboats, and liferafts for which approved launching devices are 

 required to be carried, shall not be placed in the bow of the ship. They shall 

 be stowed in such positions as to ensure safe launching, having particular 

 regard to clearance from the propeller and steeply overhanging portions of 

 the hull aft, with the object of ensuring so far as practicable that they are 

 capable of being launched down the straight side of the ship. 



(d) Davits shall be of approved design and shall be suitably placed to the 

 satisfaction of the Administration. 



(e) In tankers of 1,600 tons gross tonnage and upwards, ships employed 

 as whale factory ships, ships employed as fish processing or canning factory 

 ships and ships engaged in the carriage of persons employed in the whaling, 

 fish processing or canning industries, all davits shall be of the gravity type. 

 In other ships, davits shall be as follows : — 



(i) luffing or gravity type for operating lifeboats weighing not more than 

 2 J tons (or 2,300 kilogrammes) in their turning out condition; 



(ii) gravity type for operating lifeboats weighing more than 2^ tons (or 

 2,300 kilogrammes) in their turning out condition. 



(/) Davits, falls, blocks and all other gear shall be of such strength that 

 the lifeboats can be turned out manned by a launching crew and then safely 

 lowered with the full complement of persons and equipment, with the ship 

 listed to 15 degrees either way, and with a 10 degrees trim. 



(g) Skates or other suitable means shall be provided to facilitate launching 

 the lifeboats against a list of 15 degrees. 



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